When secrets collide with love, someone’s heart is bound to shatter. How long can one woman balance the impossible?
✍️ Grab Hold First Line
Laura hadn’t slept in three nights, and the silence of the early hours weighed heavier than her own conscience.
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Laura’s heart raced as she replayed their faces in her mind—Matt with his steady warmth, Scott with his fiery ambition. Each man, unaware of the other, had slipped a velvet box into his pocket and circled a date in his mind. Laura loved them both. That was the truth that tormented her in the dark, the truth that made her stare at the ceiling until dawn painted her blinds. How long could she keep balancing this fragile house of cards? How many more dinners, how many more stolen weekends before everything came crashing down? She thought of Matt’s soft smile, the way he believed love was built brick by brick. She thought of Scott’s daring eyes, his conviction that love was a leap, not a climb. Laura knew she couldn’t say yes to both, yet saying no felt like a betrayal of her own heart. She pressed her palms against her temples, wondering not just who she would choose—but who she would become once she did. The night offered no answers, only the relentless ticking of a choice she could no longer avoid.
💬 Question for Readers
If you were Laura, torn between two loves, would you follow your heart, your head—or walk away from both?
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